Hunter Clauss | January 20, 2016 4:20 pm
Republican state leaders want to take away mayoral control of the cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools. Instead, they want the nation's third largest school district under the purview of a state emergency board.
The plan put forth today by House minority leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) and Senate minority leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) would give the power to the Illinois State Board of Education Superintendent Tony Smith to appoint a five to seven member financial authority that would go in and take charge of CPS. Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s current appointed school board and CPS CEO Forrest Claypool would be fired.
Democratic legislative leaders in Springfield immediately opposed the plan, with some calling it "dead on arrival." Read more here.
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